Poem: Illusions

(Note:  After a year of joy and nail-biting in the worldly realm, with its political crescendo of sweet possibility, this reminder of the reality of things…)

Optical illusions abound in the optical field
aural illusions abound in the
sound realm
That waterfall you hear is just
someone walking toward you
That wall rising up and that sky falling down is
just your [...]

Poem: Honoring Our Election of Obama

This poem I present in homage to the overwhelming and outpouring national heart-energy in our election of Barack Obama to be our next President. Having lived through the idealistic 60s (when some of us literally saw castles in the air), not until now have I seen such an abundance, in now realistic and practical terms, [...]